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Black smoke was seen rising from the chimney above ... (Photo by STEFANO RELLANDINI/AFP via Getty Images) Earlier on Wednesday, the red-robed church leaders processed into St. Peter’s Basilica ...

Following Wednesday's single round of voting, the red-hatted ... will be the smoke from the chimney as they burn their completed ballot papers mixed with special chemicals - black when a voting ...

Thick black smoke yesterday billowed from the chimney of the Sistine ... Photo: Reuters Many people returned yesterday, where the red-robed prelates held two more ballots in the morning. They were ...

Votes are cast by cardinals, senior members of the Catholic Church who advise the pope and are often seen in red. Only cardinals ... What does black smoke coming out of the Vatican mean?

hick black smoke emerged Wednesday from the chimney of ... He called it a choice of "exceptional importance", requiring the red-robed prelates to set aside "every personal consideration".

Cardinals did not select a new pope in the first secret vote of the papal conclave Wednesday, a result indicated by billowing black smoke from the ... screens as men in red prayed and prepared ...